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Basic

Deception is their most dangerous weapon.

2003★ 6.5 · 1.2K1h 38mActionThrillerCrime

Overview

When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.

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Cast

Samuel L. Jackson
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

John Travolta
as DEA Agent Tom Hardy

Connie Nielsen
as CPT Julie Osborne

Giovanni Ribisi
as 2LT Levi Kendall

Roselyn Sánchez
as Nuñez

Tim Daly
as COL Bill Styles

Taye Diggs
as Pike

Dash Mihok
as SGT Mueller

Harry Connick Jr.
as Dr. Pete Vilmer

Margaret Travolta
as Nurse #1

Brian Van Holt
as SGT Ray Dunbar

Cristián de la Fuente
as Castro

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Release date: 2003-04-18

Budget: $50,000,000

Revenue: $42,792,561

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genres

ActionThrillerCrime

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